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DEAR JOYCE: My employer allowed me to resign, but actually I was let go for too many early leaves and absences. I had a good reason to be gone so much: An only child, I was visiting my desperately ill mother in a hospital and overseeing her later home care. My mom passed three months ago.

How shall I handle the time gaps on my resume, or should I merely omit the entire dismal episode? -- L.J.

An info blizzard of tips has been published on how to repair resume and job application holes -- one way or another, you must close them. Here's the winning two-point principle:

1) Present a time gap as a positive event. Present two time gaps as two positive events, and so on. The...

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DEAR JOYCE: My employer allowed me to resign, but actually I was let go for too many early leaves and absences. I had a good reason to be gone so much: An only child, I was visiting my desperately ill mother in a hospital and overseeing her later home...